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I had a dream on a back lot
I saw my life like a long shot
Of smiling faces in a picture parade
Of all the stills from the films that you made
That we would see in the Essoldo
After drinking coffee on the Giocondo

Elstree, remember me
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, oh look at me (oh, oh, oh)
Now I work for the BBC (oh, oh, oh)
Life is not what it used to be

I took no dives in the fight scene
I had a stuntman keep my suit clean
There's no technology to make up a song
They stop the orchestra if you get it wrong

Elstree, remember me,
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, oh look at me (oh, oh, oh)
Now I work for the BBC (oh, oh, oh)
Life is not what it used to be
Elstree

They made a field into a war zone
I beat the enemy on my own
All the bullets just went over my head
There's no reality and no one dead, in

Elstree, remember me
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history

Elstree
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh)
Elstree
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh)
Elstree

Elstree
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh)
Elstree

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Copyright: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Geoffrey Downes, Trevor Charles Horn